Yeah. Right after I read it, I was talking to a couple of friends about how this thing that happened with one person was like a simile, and then we started talking about it as a metaphor and I was like "Stop! Have you read Embassytown? Go do that right now, it's important to this discussion."

I just read The Life and Loves of Barbara Stanwyck by Jane Ellen Wayne which I got (brand new book!) for free (well, I made a donation--they were giving away free books in exchange for donations) at the Word on the Street book fair last fall and just got around to reading it now. It's not a biography I'd recommend. I mean, it goes to no great depth, is written by someone that I suspect is kind of a tabloidish writer. No insight on the woman but, you know, a chronological recording of her life with some detail. That's what it is.

I spend all my time reading other writers to learn from now--rare reading for pleasure, which is kind of sad. I miss reading for pleasure!

Anyway, I've had zero time for leisurely reading lately but I think I'm gonna order the Richard Burton diaries from the library so I have something juicy to read now that the weather's nice and I can while away sunny Saturday afternoons on my balcony.

Just finished The Witness by Nora Roberts. Definitely not her best. I'm starting the Lost Year by Mary Higgins Clark. I haven't read her in years, but I used to enjoy her books and this one snuck into my Costco cart (how does that happen?)

I met her a few times at Bethesda mystery books mystery author brunches and she was always super, super nice. Her daughter too!

I have a few nonfiction that I mentioned above, but my head isn't into anything taxing.

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A Quantum Murder by Peter F. Hamilton, the second in the 'Greg Mandel' series. I really liked the first one, and this one's shaping up to be pretty good too :)

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Well that's disappointing to hear, it was next on my reading list. I've never read any Nora Roberts and I decided that was going to be the first one I checked out, do you have any better recommendations?

Oh and I just finished Silver Linings Playbook and it was meh, I'm sure the movie is better because you get to stare at pretty people the whole time. It just made me sad for the most part, which is pretty ironic. Now I'm reading Ghost In The Wires and I barely understand everything I'm reading, but I love autobiographies and biographies apparently about anyone ever.

I'll have to think about one of her stand alones to recommend. Maybe Northern Lights. I enjoy anything with an Alaska setting. Actually, if you go by the Amazon reviews, they are pretty accurate because most of her books have a few hundred reviews, so you get a good sample size.

The Three Fates, Reef and Homeport would be good too. Maybe Reef. I also love undersea treasure hunts.

_________________"This is the creepiest post ever if you don't know who Molly is." -Fee"a vegan death match sounds like something where we all end up hugging." -LisaPunk

I'm reading Lauren Beukes' new novel, The Shining Girls. (Which is a Weird crime time-travel revenge-story kind of book.) It's so detailled & intense, I keep catching my breath, muttering "fork" - or even having to shut the book and pause to calm myself down a bit before reading on. But whoa, does she write a good, strong, believable, human female protagonist. And it's super captivating.

I'm reading Wolf Hall, but having trouble getting in to it. I hope I start to soon.

I'm adding Embassytown to my list!

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